Memorial Weekend is planting time for my lake dahlia bed.
In 2024 I am planting 56 varieties and a total of 76 plants in my Lake Edward Dahlia Bed. I am excited to see all the forms, colors, and blooms sizes in my garden this year!
My plan is to plant dahlias on Sunday, May 26 at 2:30 pm. Anyone local that would like to help plant is welcome to join me for an hour or so. Many hands truly make the work lighter. I will have a couple extra dahlia plants plus a few Strawflower, Statice, and Zinnia and various other plants to give away to those who lend a hand. Shoot me an email or text if you plan to stop out.
I have plotted out/designed my dahlia bed to to be both attractive and functional. I use plastic "Stomp Steps" that look a lot like stone pavers to make walking paths. I am careful to leave at least 22 inches between dahlias to accomodate their large size and to promote good air flow. Shorter plants will be on the edges/outer rows and the tallest plants in the middle and back of the bed. In 2023 I learned to be careful to allow good access to sunlight to all plants. I had a few that endened up being slow growers and were shadowed by other dahlias and so did not grow well.
